SPEAKERS John Hofmeister Former President, Shell Oil Company; Founder and Chief Executive, Citizens for Affordable Energy Bob Holycross Global Director, Sustainability and Vehicle Environmental Matters, Ford Motor Company Mary Nichols Chair, California Air Resources Board Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One This program was recorded in fr ...…

SPEAKERS Needa Bee Co-Founder and Lead Organizer, Feed the People and the Village in Oakland Angela Jenkins Director of Strategic Initiatives, Kaiser Permanente Tomiquia Moss Executive Director and CEO, Hamilton Families Tirien Steinbach Outgoing Executive Director, East Bay Community Law Center; Incoming Chief Program Officer, ACLU of Northern ...…

SPEAKERS Myisha Battle Certified Sex and Dating Coach; Host, "Down for Whatever" Daniel Jones Editor, The New York Times’ “Modern Love” Jess Carbino, Ph.D. Sociologist, Bumble Marisa Levine Director or Inforum, Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 14th, 2019. ** Th ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow> Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 13th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Rich Gosse Chairperson, Society of Single Professionals; Executive Director, the International Association of Dating Websites; Founder, ThePartyHotline.com; Author; The Donald Trump Syndrome: Why Women Choose the Wrong Men to Love This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Februar ...…

SPEAKERS Roger McNamee Silicon Valley Investor; Co-Founder, Elevation Partners; Technical Advisor, "Silicon Valley”; Author, Zucked (Forthcoming)) John Markoff Research Affiliate, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University; Staff Historian, Computer History Museum; Contributor, The New York Times—Moderator This ...…

SPEAKERS Caroline Cocciardi Author, Leonardo's Knots This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 11th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Gary Wasserman, Ph.D. Professor of Government, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service; Author, The Doha Experiment Noah Griffin Former Columnist, The San Francisco Examiner; Former Talk Show Host, KGO—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 8th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Michael F. Suarez, S.J. Director, Rare Book School, Professor of English and Honorary Curator of Special Collections, the University of Virginia; Author, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume V This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 9th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Katharine Hayhoe Professor and Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University Noah Diffenbaugh Kara J. Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Co ...…

SPEAKERS Gopi Kallayil Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing, Google; Author, The Happy Human: Being Real in an Artificially Intelligent World This program was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cubberley Community Theatre in Palo Alto on February 7th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Tina D'Elia Actor; Writer; Solo Performer; twitter @ tinadeliasf Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Feb ...…

SPEAKERS Melissa Caen Political and Legal Reporter, CBS Bay Area (KPIX) Guy Marzorati Politics Reporter, KQED News; Twitter @guymarzorati C.W. Nevius Columnist, Santa Rosa Press Democrat; Former Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle; Twitter @cwnevius This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco o ...…

SPEAKERS Chris Christie Former Governor, New Jersey (2010–2018); Author, Let Me Finish: Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics Bill Whalen Research Fellow, Hoover Institution This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 6th, 2019. ** This Pod ...…

SPEAKERS Catharine Baker Former California State Assemblymember (R-16) Kevin Faulconer Mayor, San Diego Kristin Olsen Former Minority Leader, California State Assembly; Former California State Assemblymember (R-12); Supervisor, Stanislaus County Matt Shupe Managing Partner, Praetorian Public Relations; Communications Director, John Cox for Gove ...…

SPEAKERS Peter Fiekowsky President, Healthy Climate Alliance; Founder, Foundation for Climate Restoration Erica Dodds Executive Director, Healthy Climate Alliance Sharmila Singh Director of Professional Development and Career Services, Presidio Graduate School—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth C ...…

SPEAKERS Charles Frankel Honorary Consul General, the Republic of Botswana Graham Johansson Wildlife Photographer, Safari Guide This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on February 4th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Sonia Aggarwal Vice President, Energy Innovation Joshua Goldstein Professor Emeritus of International Relations, American University Staffan Qvist Author, Energy Consultant Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 17th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Douglas Rushkoff Professor of Media Theory and Digital Economics, Queens College, City College of New York; Author, Team Human In Conversation with David Pescovitz Partner and Co-Editor, Boing Boing; Research Director, Institute for the Future This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francis ...…

SPEAKERS Marc Freedman Founder and CEO, Encore.org; Author, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations; Twitter marc_freedman Alison Gopnik Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley; Author, The Gardener and the Carpenter; Mind and Matter Science Columnist, The Wall Street Journal This Marin Conversations program was recor ...…

SPEAKERS Helen Zia Journalist; Author, Last Boat Out of Shanghai: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Fled Mao’s Revolution In Conversation with Ben Fong-Torres Author, San Francisco Media Personality This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 30th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Jason Rezaian Global Opinions Writer, The Washington Post; Contributor, CNN; Author, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison–Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out; Twitter @jrezaian In Conversation with David Lang Co-founder, OpenROV This program was recorded i ...…

SPEAKERS Shannon Weber Serial Social Entrepreneur; Founder, LoveYou2.org; Director, HIVEonline.org, Founder, PleasePrEPMe.org and PleasePrEPMe.global; Coordinator, GettingtoZeroSF.org This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 29th, 2019.…

Speakers Leah Weiss, Ph.D., MSW Author, How We Work; Former Director, Stanford's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education; Principal Teacher, Stanford’s Compassion Cultivation Training Program This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 28th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Michael Crupain, M.D., MPH Author, What to Eat When; Medical Director, “The Dr. Oz Show”; Fellow, The American College of Preventive Medicine Michael Roizen, M.D. Author, What to Eat When; Chief Wellness Officer, Cleveland Clinic; Chief Medical Consultant, “The Dr. Oz Show” This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The C ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and KBCW TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable This program was recorded at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 24th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Brad DeLong, Ph.D. Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley; Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy Under President Bill Clinton Stephen Moore Chief Economist, Heritage Foundation; Former Economic Adviser to Donald Trump; Former Member, The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board; Author, Trumponomics David B ...…

SPEAKERS Pastor Paul Bains President and Co-Founder, Project WeHOPE Fred Blackwell CEO, San Francisco Foundation Priscilla Chan, M.D. Co-Founder, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Janet Liang President, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California Jennifer Martinez, Ph.D. Chief Strategy Officer, PICO California Erika Aguilar Housing Reporter, KQED—Moderat ...…

SPEAKER Tony Platt Distinguished Affiliated Scholar, Center for the Study of Law and Society at UC Berkeley; Author, Beyond These Walls: Rethinking Crime and Punishment in the United States This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 24th, 2019.…

SPEAKERS Michael Nguyen Board Chair of GAPA Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 24th, 2019. ** This Podca ...…

SPEAKERS Carson Bruno Assistant Dean and Adjunct Lecturer, School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University; Twitter @carsonjfbruno Carla Marinucci Senior Writer, Politico California Playbook; Twitter @cmarinucci Doug Sovern Political Reporter, KCBS Radio; Author; Twitter @SovernNation This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The ...…

SPEAKERS Frank Ostaseski Buddhist Teacher; Co-Founder, the Zen Hospice Project; Founder, the Metta Institute; Author, The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully In Conversation with Courtney Martin Journalist; Activist; Speaker; Weekly Columnist, On Being; Author, The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dr ...…

SPEAKERS Hillary Ronen Member, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (District 9); Twitter @HillaryRonen Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth ...…

Based on his recently released, expanded edition of the award-winning Perception and Deception: A Mind-Opening Journey Across Cultures, Joe Lurie will present a spirited and insightful exploration of cross-cultural miscommunications in an increasingly globalized, polarizing world. With YouTube, tweets, refugees and fake news rapidly crossing cu ...…

SPEAKERS Dean Ornish Founder and President, Preventive Medicine Research Institute; Co-Author, UnDo It! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases; Twitter @DeanOrnishMD Anne Ornish Vice President of Program Development, Preventive Medicine Research Institute; Co-Author, UnDo It! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most ...…

SPEAKERS Erwin Chemerinsky Dean, UC Berkeley School of Law; Author, We the People: A Progressive Reading of the Constitution for the Twenty-First Century In Conversation with Mary Cranston Retired Senior Partner, Pillsbury Law Firm; Past Chair, The Commonwealth Club Board of Governors This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The ...…

SPEAKERS Martin Rees Astronomer Royal; Author, On the Future: Prospects for Humanity In Conversation with Alison van Diggelen Host, “Fresh Dialogues”; Contributor, BBC This program was recorded in front of a live audience in the Schultz Cultural Hall at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto on January 15th, 2019.…

SPEAKER John Judis Author, The Nationalist Revival: Trade, Immigration, and the Revolt Against Globalization This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 14th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 10th, 2019.

SPEAKERS Marc Freedman President and CEO, Encore.org; Author, How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations; Twitter @marc_freedman In Conversation with Courtney E. Martin Columnist, On Being This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 9th, 2019. * This Podca ...…

SPEAKERS John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable Bob Butler Reporter, KCBS Radio; Twitter @bobbutler7 Debra J. Saunders (Participating via recorded audio call); White House Correspondent, Las Vegas Review-Journal; Columnist, Creators Syndicate; Twitter @debrajsaunders James Taylor Ph.D., Director of African American Studies and Pr ...…

SPEAKERS Katharine Mach Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University Trevor Houser Partner, Rhodium Group Greg Dalton Host This program was recorded live at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on December 12, 2018.

SPEAKERS Diana Donlon Director, Soil Centric Mike Biddle Managing Director, Evok Innovations Noah Deich Executive Director, Carbon180 Greg Dalton Founder and Host, Climate One This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on December 6th, 2018.

SPEAKERS J. Keith Gilles Chair, California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection; Professor of Forest Economics, UC Berkeley Maggi Kelly Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Environmental Science, Policy and Management Department, UC Berkeley Thom Porter Chief of Strategic Planning, California Department of Forestry and Fire Pr ...…

SPEAKERS Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (KBCW TV and Progressive Voices Network Radio) Mari Villaluna The Center for Political Education and Indigenous Peoples Media Project Dr. Melinda Micco Associate Professor Emerita, Mills College; Documentary Filmmaker; Author This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commo ...…

SPEAKERS Derek Blechinger M.D., Physician, Kaiser Permanente; HIV and LGBT Primary Care Specialist Sherilyn Adams Executive Director, Larkin Street Youth Services Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," Radio and TV (KBCW)—Co-host John Zipperer Host and Producer, Week to Week Political Roundtable; Vice President of Media & Editorial, The ...…

SPEAKERS Heidi Rabben Curator, The Contemporary Jewish Museum Gina Waldman Co-Founder, JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa)—Moderator This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on December 12th, 2018.

SPEAKERS Renee Lertzman Climate Engagement Strategist; Author, Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic Dimensions of Engagement (Routledge, 2016) Leslie Davenport Psychotherapist; Author, Emotional Resiliency in the Era of Climate Change: A Clinician’s Guide (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2017) Bryant Welch Clinical Psychologist; Author, State ...…

SPEAKERS James Loduca Director of Equality Programs, Salesforce; Former Senior Vice President, San Francisco AIDS Foundation Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This event was recorded in-front of a live audience ...…

SPEAKERS Donna Brazile Democratic Political Strategist and Commentator; Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University; Former Interim Chair, the Democratic Party; Author, Hacks and Cooking with Grease; Co-author, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics Yolanda Caraway Founder, President and CEO, The Caraway Group; Co-author, For Colored Girls ...…